The value of joining the Department Affiliates Program will vary depending on the number of faculty in a department, how many faculty members subscribe to TRAILS, how many take advantage of the opportunity to register for webinars in the ASA Professional Affairs Webinar Series, whether the Chair will attend the ASA Department Chairs Conference at the Annual Meeting, etc. The two scenarios below are designed to help undergraduate and graduate departments consider the cost to value of joining the Department Affiliates Program for their department.

SCENARIO 1: UNDERGRADUATE DEPARTMENT

The Sociology Department at Smalltown College has 4 full-time faculty who have 4-4 teaching loads. They are planning to conduct a faculty search during the coming year. The Department Chair is planning to attend the Chairs Conference at the next Annual Meeting.

COST of joining the Department Affiliates: $200.00

VALUE of Department Affiliates benefits: $439.60

Cost to non-Department Affiliates

Cost to Department Affiliates

Savings

Item

Dept Affiliate only benefit

$0

$240.00

Over the course of the year, department faculty register for an average of three of the ten Academic and Professional Affairs webinars offered during the year, with an estimated value of $20.00 per webinar registration.

$20.00

$0

$20.00

1 copy of book – Applying for a Job in a Teaching Oriented Institution

$30.00

$0

$30.00

1 copy of book - Guide to Graduate Departments

$10.00

$0

$10.00

50 copies of the brochure - "Sociology: A 21st Century Major"

$10.00

$0

$10.00

10 copes of the booklet – "21st Century Careers with an Undergraduate Degree in Sociology"

$150.00

$90.00

$60.00

3 faculty subscriptions to TRAILS (1 faculty is not an ASA member)

$170.00

$140.00

$30.00

Annual Meeting Chairs Conference Registration

$396.00

$356.40

$39.60

2-month listing in ASA Job Bank

$439.60

VALUE OF 1 YEAR DEPARTMENT AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP

SCENARIO 2: GRADUATE DEPARTMENT

The Sociology Department at State University has 12 full-time faculty who teach a 2-2 load. There are 25 graduate students in the department. They list their program in the ASA Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology every year. Department leaders attend both the Chairs Conference and the Director of Graduate Studies Conference. Alumni of the program regularly stop by the Department's table at the DAN (Department Alumni Night) during the Annual Meeting. They are planning to conduct a faculty search during the coming year.

COST of joining the Department Affiliates: $300.00

VALUE of Department Affiliates benefits: $1,329.60

Cost to non-Department Affiliates

Cost to Department Affiliates

Savings

Item

Dept Affiliate only benefit

$0

$980.00

Over the course of the year, department faculty register for an average of two of the ten Academic and Professional Affairs webinars offered during the year, and graduate students register for 1 on average, with an estimated value of $20.00 per webinar registration.

$20.00

$0

$20.00

1 copy of book – Applying for a Job in a Teaching Oriented Institution

$30.00

$0

$30.00

1 copy of book - Guide to Graduate Departments

$475.00

$330.00

$145.00

Department listing – Guide to Graduate Department

$10.00

$0

$10.00

50 copies of the brochure - "Sociology: A 21st Century Major"

$15.00

$0

$10.00

10 copes of the booklet – "21st Century Careers with an Undergraduate Degree
in Sociology, 2nd Ed."

$150.00

$120.00

$30.00

6 subscriptions to TRAILS for faculty and graduate students (all are ASA members)